Thursday, 26 January 2012

Every Blogger sets out as a dreamer, with a dream to one day reach the
summits of Blogging.If you are honest, hardworking, well-informed and
love to blog, then in a couple of years you will get there, you will
have a well ranked, popular and respected blog and also you would have
created a brand name for yourself.Now that you have all these things,
what to do next?You always used to dream about the next step, work
hard to get there, but now you are the pinnacle, don't know what to do
next?There are a lot of things you can do once you reach this point,
first of all I believe there is no pinnacle as such, when it comes to
Blogging.You always have space to improve, there are always little
things you can make better, but I will tell you some of the stuff you
can do when you feel you are losing the motivation that you once had.

Maintain
Just because you reached the top does not mean you are allowed to
slack off or forget about your blog for days together.Keep updating
the information, keep building an audience, ensure you install new
features in your blog to remain up-to-date with the latest software
and technology.Getting to the top is not the tough part, staying there
is.

Columnist
Once you have proved your credentials as a great blogger, you can
always take up a paid blogging role at an illustrious news website or
an online journal as a columnist for your preferred niche.A classic
example for this is Amit Agarwal of Labnol.org who is currently also
employed as the Technology Columnist at The Wall Street
Journal(India).
Perks of this Job:
A much wider Global Audience.
More exposure to your blog than you already have.
Well Paid Job.

Become an Author
You have already proved that you are a great writer as you have built
a successful blog(in your niche) which has managed to grab the
attention of hundreds of thousands of people, with the foundation of
great content. So why not turn this great ability blogging into Book?
eBook? You convey your message, just in a different way than blogging.
Authoring a book can be much easier once you have worked hard to prove
your blogging credentials as any publishing company would be happy to
publish the exquisite work of a person who already has so many fans
online.
You need not worry about the sales numbers, as long as it is in the
niche of your blog, then you can expect to make a good number of
sales.
The Best example for this is Darren Rowse, he has been an awesome
blogger for more than half a decade and now he has dipped his toe into
authoring.

Expand your Brand Offline
Once you reach a certain point of popularity, you can start to expand
your brand offline, this may include souvenirs, books, accessories
Etc.
As of yet, I have seen only few Bloggers get into this, but I have
seen many scores of YouTube Celebrities get into merchandising, they
use their online brand power to sell T-Shirts, Coffee Mugs Etc.

Make specialized Apps
You can reach a new set of audience by creating apps for your blog
that run on Android, iOS devices.Many top websites such as
Espnstar.com and wwe.com use these custom apps to reach new audiences,
audiences who otherwise may not have found the website.
6)Start a YouTube Channel
Take your blogging to the next level, by introducing video-blogging,
this is a growing field and this has the potential to nearly double
your audience base as YouTube attracts millions of visitors each
day.Tap into this vast resource, you can also apply to the YouTube
Partnership for your blog's channel with Adsense and earn revenue from
it.

These are just some of the things you can do once you reach the summit
of blogging, be creative and think of some of your own.Remember, you
can reach the clouds and beyond it you can only imagine.